Month: June 2021

Power outages reported

Around 10 p.m. Thursday, some power outages were still seen in southern Wyandotte County, but the outages were much reduced from earlier. (BPU outage map)

Lights flickered and went out for some customers of the Board of Public Utilities on Thursday night.

Outages were estimated in the thousands, but are now almost all restored, according to the BPU’s outage map.

Outages also were reported in Shawnee, Kansas, and the city of Shawnee posted on social media that there was a fire at a substation near 65th and Lackman in Johnson County.

The BPU reported in a social media post that when the Evergy substation exploded in Shawnee, the Nearman power plant and three substations in Kansas City, Kansas, were knocked out, resulting in outages in Rosedale and the central part of the city. Power was restored to substations and the plant is running again, the BPU stated. The BPU is investigating the effect on the utility.

KCK man charged in fatal crash

Diquan P. Fant, 27, of Kansas City, Kansas, has been arrested and charged in a fatal car crash from May 9 at 38th and Parallel Parkway, according to police.

Henry C. Fletcher, 53, of Kansas City, Kansas, died in the crash. Officers were dispatched to the crash around 6:45 p.m. May 9.

An investigation indicated that a convertible Ford Thunderbird driven by Fant was traveling at a high rate of speed when it ran a red light at 38th, striking a Kia Soul traveling northbound on 38th, a police spokesman stated.

The Kia rolled several times, police said. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

After the impact with the Kia, Fant’s vehicle crossed the center line and became disabled when it crashed into a retaining wall, the police spokesman stated.

Fant was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and now faces felony manslaughter charges, the spokesman said.

Fant is being held in the Wyandotte County Jail on a $100,000 bond.

Eight KC NWSL matches to be broadcast on TV

Kansas City NWSL has announced a multi-year agreement with KCTV and KSMO to broadcast matches of the club through the 2023 season.

The professional women’s soccer team will have eight matches on television in 2021, according to the announcement. KC NWSL plays its home games at Legends Field in Kansas City, Kansas.

KC NWSL will be on a national broadcast on Sunday, June 20, against the Portland Thorns.

Following the club’s national broadcast on CBS versus Portland on June 20, KC NWSL will be featured locally at 6 p.m. Friday, July 2, when the team travels to New Jersey to face NJ/NY Gotham FC.

Local broadcasts will feature Aly Trost, who will provide analysis and color commentary, along with play-by-play commentator Brad Porter.

KCTV-KSMO’s broadcast schedule of the club’s matches: